Improved hay-rake and loader



gaat "swag GEORGE A. WING, 0F ALBANY. NEW YORK.

Leners Patent Nofloam, @and May 3, 1870.

IMPROVED HAY-RARE AND LOADER.

The Schedule referred 'co in these Letters P atent and making part-of the same.

I, GEORGE A. WING, of Albany, in the county of Albany and Stateof New York, have invented certain Improvements in Hay-Rake and Loaders, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention relates tothe manner of causing the endless belt used as the loader to be set in motion or stopped, as maybe required, so that, when passing from one part of the field to another, the loader may have' its driving-mechanism easily detached from the driving-power.

Another object of my invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the basket into which the hay is gathered by the rake, previous to its being carried up by the endless belt or loader.

Another object of my invention relates tothe combination and arrangement of the various parts of a hay-rake and loader, s0 as to producea goed and useful implement for agriculturi'sts.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation. of a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan of the mechanism employed to engage and c'iisengage,l the roller D2 to and ,from the axle O. l

Figure 4; is an elevation of driving-roller D2 for endless belt, basket R, and rake S, showing their relative positions and arrangement.-

A is the frame of the machine, made of the form shown in the accompanying drawings, and in the usual manner.

-B B are the driving wheels, which are fastened to the axle O, so as to cause the axle to rotate with them.

ID2 is a roller fitted loosely upon axle O, so as not to be rotated by it unless connected to it Vby means of special mechanism, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

F is a bracket secured to the side of frame A, and extending downward nearly to the ground, for the purpose of forming a support for rake-head T and bent. lever G, as shown in figrl.

G is a bent leverhav1ng lts fulcra near the bottom of bracketl".

lNear the front end of lever G is a friction-roller, X, to keep this end .olf the ground.

K is the operating lever, one end of which is attached to the top end of bent lever G.

Near the front end of lever K may be notches, which fit over a wire, b, projecting from standard G, for Vthe purpose of retaining lever K in the' proper position necessary to lewer'or raise the rake-teeth S, as may be required.

L is au endless ltelt, constructed in the usual wellknown manner,

Said endless belt L is supported upon rollers I)2 and D, and driven by the former, which is connected Vto the axle O by coupling N, as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

M is a cam-loop, which is attached to the back part of bent'lever G, as shown in gs. l and 3.

The openinginsa-id loop M is such as to embrace and lit easily into a groove in the periphery of coupling N, lasshown in lig. l.

N is a sleeve-coupling, and it slides back and forth upon axle 0, and rotateswith said axle.

One part of coupling N is attached to the end of roller D2, and the other part, which is operated by loop M, is litted toslide upon the axle' O, and is caused to rotate with said axle, by means of projection a upon the axle, which slides into a similarlyshaped recess within coupling N, in the usual wellknown manner.

R is a basket for the reception of the hay, as it is raked up by the machine.

lasket R is constructed of wire or other ,suitable material. Its general form may be such as shownl in fic. 4.

z:It will also be seeniu the same iigurethat the upper ends of the ba'sketare secured to cross-brace Z, and their lower endsembrace the rake-head T. v

S are the rake-teeth, shaped as shown in lig.4, and attached to .rake-head T. I

T is the rake-head, -the ends of lwhich are atttached to the bent-levers G.

The axle or center of motion of said rake-head T and bent lever G is'at f, near the lower pa-rt of bracket F, as shown `in iig.

lV is a hook, by which the machine may be attached to a wagon.

Touse this machine, it will be necessary .first to-v attach it by hook YV to/ the wagon in which the' hay is to be loaded, having previously pushed back the" operating lever K, until coupling N `is disengaged from roller D2, whichl operation will also, at the same time, partially rotate the rake-head T, thus causing the points ot' rake-teeth S to be elevated, fromthe ground.

` ln this position the machine can be taken to anyr place desired, without danger of breaking or injuring the rake-teeth, and without causing the endless belt or apron to revolve.

, When required to rake and load the hay, it will be necessary only to pull forward the lever K, which will engage the' driving-roller D2 with rotating axle O, and also lower the rake-teeth S, so that, when the machine is drawn 'over they hay to be gathered, it will be raked .up and loaded by this machine at one and the same time.

I-claim as my invention- 1.. The combination of sleeve-coupling N, camand rake-teet-IIS with rake-head T, substantially as loop M, operating-lever K, and bent lever lGr with ver G, rollers D2 `and D,.a.nd endless belt; L, with has rollers D2 and D, and endless belb or apron L, subket R, rake-teeth S, and rake-head T, substantially stnntially as herein shown andseh forth. Y as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination and alrnngemenh of basket R GEORGE A. WING` herein shown and specified. Witnesses:

3. The Aeombiimion and arrangement of 'sleeve- THOMAS HOUGHTON, coupling N,'cam1oop M, operating-lever'K, bent le- T. H. ARMATAGE. 

